We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.
The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.
Join the future of news
We’re on a mission to deliver riveting storytelling for all of America. At The Washington Post, you’ll help reinvent news. Our work is driven by a deep investigative spirit and enhanced by innovation to bring audiences closer to the stories that matter most.
About Our Team
The Washington Post is powered by the passion and talent of our people. It takes all of us to reinvent news. Beyond our award-winning Newsroom and Opinions teams, we work across many departments, including Brand & Events, Communications, Customer Care, Engineering & Product, Finance, Human Resources, Legal, Marketing & Advertising, Print Operations, and Sales.
Why This Role Matters
The Washington Post is looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead the evolution of our core digital experience—how millions of people read, navigate, and build a relationship with our journalism every day.
This is not a role solely focused on launching new standalone products (though, you will do that). It’s about making The Post’s core experiences even more indispensable, faster, clearer, more intuitive, more trusted and more engaging for every user.
You will work at the center of Product, Design, and Engineering to continuously improve the fundamentals: how The Post’s world-class reporting is discovered, consumed, and remembered. The goal is simple to state and difficult to achieve: make The Post feel essential to daily life.
What Motivates You
The Washington Post reaches millions of people every day, but reach alone is not enough. The opportunity is to make that experience: more intuitive and effortless; more engaging and habit-forming; and more worthy of users’ time and trust, every day. This role sits at the heart of that work. Not building something new on the side, but improving the thing that matters most, every single day.
If you care about product quality, believe small improvements compound into meaningful impact, and want to work on a product that informs the public at scale, this is that role.
How You'll Support the Mission
The Skills and Experience You Bring
Own the core experience. Drive the evolution of the Washington Post website and apps: homepages, article pages, navigation, and key user journeys.
Make quality–and trust–measurable. Define and improve the metrics that matter: engagement, retention, frequency, speed, and user satisfaction.
Turn insight into iteration. Use data, research, and instinct to identify friction, prioritize improvements, and ship continuously.
Partner deeply with Design and Engineering. Work side-by-side to refine interaction models, improve performance, and elevate the overall product experience.
Strengthen the daily habit. Identify and build the features, loops, and cues that bring users back, making The Post part of their routine, not just a destination.
Balance craft and scale. Care about the details that make experiences feel great, while ensuring solutions work across platforms and audiences.
Improve how journalism lives in the product. Continuously refine how stories are presented, structured, and surfaced—so great journalism reaches and resonates with more people.
What We’re Looking For
A product manager who has improved meaningful, at-scale consumer experiences, not just shipped features. Bonus points for prior news/journalism product experience.
Strong product judgment: you know what to fix, what to leave alone, and what to rethink entirely.
Comfort working in high-traffic, high-visibility surfaces where small changes have large impact.
Fluency with data, but not dependency on it. You use it to inform decisions, not avoid them.
Experience partnering closely with design and engineering to raise the quality of shipped work.
A bias toward iteration and momentum; you make things better week by week, not just quarter by quarter.
Sensitivity to content, storytelling, and how users actually experience information—not just interfaces.
A foundational belief in the importance of journalism and trusted expertise, and where that mission fits in an increasingly AI-driven world.
Wherever you are in your life or career, The Washington Post offers comprehensive and inclusive benefits for every step of your journey:
Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
Nine paid holidays and two personal days
20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
Robust mental health resources
Backup care and caregiver concierge services
Gender affirming services
Pet insurance
Free Post digital subscription
Leadership and career development programs
Benefits may vary based on the job, full-time or part-time schedule, location, and collectively bargained status.
The salary range for this position is:
$119,700 - $199,300 AnnualThe actual salary within this range will depend on individual skills, experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements. This position may be eligible for a bonus or incentive program, and a member of the Talent Acquisition team will discuss bonus payment terms and conditions during the interview process.
Learn more about The Post at careers.washingtonpost.com.